Who was the greatest fighter from each of the 50 states?

...........I believe Washington's best fighter is actually Freddie Steele.

 

Alaska will take Greg Haugen because he lived there and fought toughman comp's there. If not him, then the late Cody Koch.

 

Yes!!! I agree with this!!

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I wrote a story for him on eastside a year or so ago. It was great learning about one of the true greats that have gone largely forgotten

 

indiana = tony zale from gary ind.

 

Michigan:
Louis
Ketchel
Hearns
and I'll give a shout to Johnny Summerlin.

 

Used to carry Joe Louis' gym equipment.

 

From Oregon I would consider maybe Thad Spencer or Ray Lampkin. And let's not forget Tony Canzoneri out of Louisiana and Eddie Perkins out of Mississippi, although he made his name more famous in Chicago like Canzoneri did with NY.

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1. Delaware
2. Pennsylvania Harry Greb, Billy Conn
3. New Jersey Marvin Hagler, Mickey Walker
4. Georgia Sugar Ray Robinson
5. Connecticut
6. Massachusetts Rocky Marciano
7. Maryland Dwight Muhammad Qawi
8. South Carolina Joe Frazier
9. New Hampshire
10. Virginia
11. New York Floyd Patterson, Mike Tyson, Gene Tunney
12. North Carolina Sugar Ray Leonard
13. Rhode Island
14. Vermont
15. Kentucky Muhammad Ali
16. Tennessee Tommy Hearns
17. Ohio James Jeffries
18. Louisiana
19. Indiana
20. Mississippi Archie Moore
21. Illinois Ken Norton
22. Alabama Joe Louis
23. Maine
24. Missouri Henry Armstrong, Michael Spinks
25. Arkansas Sonny Liston
26. Michigan
27. Florida
28. Texas George Foreman, Jack Johnson
29. Iowa
30. Wisconsin
31. California
32. Minnesota Tommy Gibbons
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34. Kansas Jess Willard
35. West Virginia
36. Nevada
37. Nebraska Max Baer
38. Colorado Jack Dempsey
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40. South Dakota
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44. Wyoming
45. Utah Gene Fulmer (?)
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47. New Mexico Bob Foster
48. Arizona
49. Alaska
50. Hawaii BoBo Olson

 

Oregon: Denny Moyer
New York: Benny Leonard

 

I believe Tony Canzoneri was born in Louisiana if you're looking for someone from that state, or if he's disqualified because of him being raised primarily in New York, Pete Herman might be a good pick.

Abe Attell might be a good pick for California if that state hasn't been represenetd yet.

 

Are we talking birthplace, or where they started fighting?

Sugar Ray Robinson was born in Georgia, moved to Michigan, and then moved to New York as a kid.

Joe Frazier grew up in South Carolina but moved to Philadelphia as a teenager.

Marvin Hagler grew up in Newark, NJ but moved to Brockton, Massachusetts as a kid.

 

another indiana = marvin johnson

 

Going by BIRTHPLACE, this is what I came up with so far.

1. Delaware
2. Pennsylvania: Harry Greb
3. New Jersey: Marvin Hagler
4. Georgia: Sugar Ray Robinson
5. Connecticut: Willie Pep
6. Massachusetts: Sandy Saddler
7. Maryland: Sugar Ray Leonard
8. South Carolina
9. New Hampshire
10. Virginia: Pernell Whitaker
11. New York: Benny Leonard
12. North Carolina
13. Rhode Island
14. Vermont
15. Kentucky: Muhammad Ali
16. Tennessee: Thomas Hearns
17. Ohio: Ezzard Charles
18. Louisiana: Tony Canzoneri
19. Indiana
20. Mississippi: Archie Moore
21. Illinois
22. Alabama: Joe Louis
23. Maine
24. Missouri: Henry Armstrong
25. Arkansas: Sonny Liston
26. Michigan: Floyd Mayweather Jr.
27. Florida: Roy Jones Jr.
28. Texas: Jack Johnson
29. Iowa
30. Wisconsin
31. California: Oscar De La Hoya
32. Minnesota
33. Oregon
34. Kansas
35. West Virginia
36. Nevada
37. Nebraska
38. Colorado: Jack Dempsey
39. North Dakota
40. South Dakota
41. Montana
42. Washington: Freddie Steele
43. Idaho
44. Wyoming
45. Utah
46. Oklahoma
47. New Mexico: Bob Foster
48. Arizona
49. Alaska
50. Hawaii